Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-01-13

rice are sure to be scattered over the
bride and groom from many hands as
they set off on their wedding ioarney.
and sometimes they become unpleasant
missiles. Before the bride leaves the
house she always losses her boquet into
a group com posed OF her bridesmaids,
and the one who catches it feels certain
that it is an augury of good luck to her
in soon bringing about her own marriage.
More than once this has proved true, but
still more frequently the fortunate
brldemaid who has secured the ring in
the wedding collation. has been the next
one to marry. In fact, Washington girls
feel they have right to be superstitious
about getting the ring in the brides cake,
so often has its pleasing prediction been
fulfilled among their friends and &C.
Guaintances.
When, about two years ago, the daugh-
ter of Senator Harrison, of Indiana
| grandson of President Harrison), was
married to Mr.. Mckee, of Indianapolis,
at her parents home in that city, Miss
Kate Davis, daughter of ex-senator
Davis, was the lucky bridemaid who
found the ring in her slice, when she,
with the other attendants, cut the cake
at this wedding. In year she
was married in Baltimore to Mr.. Brown
of the navy, and had a most brilliant
wedding. Two years ago Mr.. Thomas,
of Elizebeth, n. j., was married in Wash
ington at the residence of Mr.. Douglass
of Pennsylvania, formerly Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, to that gentleman s
wife's niece, Miss Lyon, and tho bride
maid secured the ring was Miss Miriam
Clark, of Erie, Pa She met at tina
time Mr.. Thomas, the grooms' elder bro
Their, who was then his "best man." and
they were married at Erie, Pa, on No
vember 8, Nor are the great of our land
exempt from the influence of the potent
charms these wedding customs are sup
posed to exercise. Ex-President Hayes
always wears plain gold ring, of which
he tells the story that he and Miss Lucy
Webb (now his wife) were, many wears
back, bridemaid and groomsman together
at wedding in Ohio, and he got the ring
| in his slice of cake, and of course, gave
it to his bridemaid. When subsequently
they agreed to marry each Other, she
gave 1t to him as al engagement ring,
and he has worn it ever since. It will be
remembered that they celebrated their
silver wedding or twenty-ffth anniversary
of marriage, in the White House, Deem
Der 81, 1877. the first Winter after his in
auguration as President. There is some
reason to believe that President CleYe-
| land, too, suppose as he was to be con-
frmed bachelor, was influenced by
weddingcake charm, for it is perfectly
trae that wedding cake and piece of
paper with ladies' names upon it were
| put under his pillow at a Washington
hotel the night before his Inauguration,
with the set purpose, privately avowed by
those in the secret, of-putting thoughts
OF matrimeny in his heart, and so bring
ing about wedding in the White House
and having a married lady preside there,
which hope was fulfilled last June, when
he married Miss Folsom, one Of the five
ladies whose names were on the list
which accompanied the wedding-cak
Happy Over Her Good Luck.
Philadelphia North American
'Why-why, my dear chile, I didn't do
nothin Deed I didn't, sah!" spoke up
Alice Lewis, who is known among her in
innate acquaintance as "Crab Alice"
when she was called before Magistrate
Smith.
Didn't you go to Officer Mansfeld's
house at 923 Walnut street yesterday,
and
Eyes, honey, was dar sure huff, but
[ clar to goodness I didn't do nothin'. I
jis' went dar--"
"Well, hold on now until I get through.
When you went there didn't you raise a
big rumpus?"
"No, chile, I jis' went dar kase white
man tole me to GO, but I didn't do moth
in''
"Weren't you drunk"
"Me? Fore de Lawd, Judge, who tole
you dat? No indeedy; guess 1 wasn't
drunk. hadn't had SIGH good luck for
more'n week"
II guess you were so full you didn't
know it. You ought to go to the house of
correction for a year."
"Now, chile, don't be hard on an ole
woman"
"I'll make it twenty four hours below
this time, but if you ever come back it
will be year on the Pennypack."
'Golly, you'll nevah see me heah
again"
She was happy over her good luck.
An Economical NeW2England Wife.
Boston Record.
This story is told of the wife of an en-
inent benefactor of the town, whose les
iience was on the 'HIll." One day while
the lady was in the midst of preparations
for the mid day meal-this was in the
olden time when people got up in the
morning and had dinner at the proper
time-a caller was announced. Hastily
leaving the kitchen where she was over
seeing operations, she entered the next
room where the visitor was. The door
between the two was open and pretty
soon the lady broke off the conversation
and called to the "help" in the kitchen:
Nancy, does the kettle boil?''
"No, ma'am."
Then the conversation was renewed, to |
be broken again in few minutes by the
inquiry:
''Nancy, does the kettle boil?'
"No, ma'am."
''Then take the pine stick in the cor
ner and put it on the fire." This was pre-
sumably done, for shortly after, when
"ma'am" repeated her question:
"Nancy, does the kettle boil?"
'Yes, ma'am," was the answer.
''Then take off the pine stick and put |
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